Men’s Outreach Assessment & Referral Service (MOARS)

The Men’s Outreach, Assessment and Referral Service (MOARS) is based at the Alice Springs Local Court and engages with men who have used violence against their partner or ex-partner, in an effort to reduce the risk of further family violence occurring. This may be done through assessments and referrals to appropriate services including MBCP, outreach with potential or existing participants and case management support. More broadly, MOARS builds links between services who work with perpetrators including legal services, Department of Correctional Services, NT Police and community based groups in order to provide an integrated response to DFV.

Tangentyere Family Violence Program

The Tangentyere Family Violence Prevention Program (TFVPP) recognise that violence toward women is gender based and that men who use violence maintain beliefs and attitudes that women are unequal and/or have certain characteristics and specific roles that contribute to men excusing and disregarding violence particularly toward women. We do however; recognise that often the men we work with have a range of additional contributing factors that impact on men’s use of violence, such as physical and mental health issues, homelessness, housing overcrowding, alcohol and drug issues, education and employment issues plus socio economic and historic disadvantage that often contributes to serious harm in their relationships. The program acknowledge that these factors adversely impact on the relationships that men have with their partners, children and in their community. At TFVPP we believe that a holistic response to these issues also be addressed in the Men’s Behaviour Change Program.